Fort Hood soldier held in fatal shooting on post

Sep. 3, 2013 - 05:02PM
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A Fort Hood, Texas, soldier is being held in the weekend shooting death of a retired sergeant at a late-night gathering on post, according to a post spokesman.

Sgt. Brett M. Wessel, a 26-year-old married combat engineer, was apprehended in West Fort Hood by post military police on Sunday in connection with the death of Ryan F. Dickinson, a 26-year-old who is married and medically retired.

Police responded to the scene, a private home, at about 3 a.m.

Wessel was placed in pretrial confinement in Bell County Jail, the spokesman said. No charges had been preferred as of Tuesday afternoon.